Harold E. 'Gene' Cook

Saturday

Harold E. "Gene" Cook, 76, of Darlington Township, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011, in Heritage Valley Beaver, after a six year battle with Wegener's Granulomatosis.

Born April 8, 1934, in South Beaver Township, to the late Harry O. and Dorothy C. (Inman) Cook, he was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church, Darlington. He retired after 44 years of service from the McQuiston Coal Co., where he was employed as an equipment operator. He had also been employed with American Standard. He served as a supervisor for Darlington Township for 12 years.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, O. Keith Cook, and a sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy Mae and Ernest L. Smith.

Friends will be received Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the LUTTON CHIPPEWA FUNERAL HOME, 117 Blackhawk Road, www.luttonfuneral home.com, where a funeral service will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. with Rev. C.F. Hoffman, First United Presbyterian Church of Darlington, and Rev. David Sutton, Bible Presbyterian Church, Enon Valley, officiating.

Private interment will follow in Duff's Cemetery.

The family requests donations be made in the name of Harold "Gene" Cook, to the First United Presbyterian Church of Darlington, 3385 Old Darlington Road, Darlington, PA 16115; Bible Presbyterian Church, Vine Street, Enon Valley, PA 16120 or to the University of Pittsburgh Vasculitis Center, Attn: Gary Dubin, Forbes Tower Suite 8084, 3600 Forbes Avenue at Meyron Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

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